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Not just the worst Bond movie

posted 11 years ago by gavbrown01
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but also the worst movie of all time. Roger Moore is too geriatric, I think he might have died on the movie set and been revived or his son stepped in to finish the movie. The villain is a parody of a Bond villain, the whole idea that somebody could build a space station that nobody realized was a threat is ridiculous. But the worst of all, the thing which absolutely ruins the movie is the "Jaws" romance with the pigtailed girlie. If you see this movie, you will lose 10 IQ points. You have been warned.

[–] srb-3 10 years ago

Moonraker is the worst 007 movie all right. Too many plot holes.

[–] buddyboy28 8 years ago

Too many plot holes

All Bond movies have them. Skyfall has more plot holes than a swiss cheese and unlike Moonraker that was trying to be somewhat realistic.

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[–] lehtojoonas49 10 years ago

I JUST LIKED IT

[–] edwardrevans 10 years ago

So what you are saying is that Quantum of solace is better and anything Timothy D did for the bond franchise was better Really ?

[–] drouson-47-434694 9 years ago

Timothy Dalton was the best Bond out of all of them, and Moonraker is rubbish even compaired to Quantum.

[–] TerraFirma69 10 years ago

"the worst movie of all time". That's what a neckbeard says. A neckbeard says that.

Not a great Bond movie by any means, but apart from including some of the stupidest things ever to happen in the bond universe, it also has one of the most touching scenes; Miss DuFour being killed by Drax's dogs. So beautifully shot and so heartrending.

...then whoa, differences...

[–] AdmiralTugBenson 9 years ago

That's the same thing I think about Die Another Day. One of only two movies I've ever walked out on in the theater. The other being Van Helsing. I kind of like Moonraker, but I can understand the hate. For me the problem isn't the far-fetched space business, it's the pretty boring build-up to the space business that eats up 2/3 of the film. It does have some entertaining moments though, and I really like Drax as a villain. But it really drags.

And maybe it's because I'm an 80's Star Wars/Star Trek kid, but I enjoy the space stuff. There have been other Bond movies that involved space, but Bond always stayed on the ground. You Only Live Twice was about Blofeld kidnapping space capsules, and Bond got suited up and almost wound up climbing into a launching spaceship. I don't know what his plan was, if he actually planned to launch, but the point is that just because it has space in it and it was obviously part of the Star Wars cash grab, doesn't mean it's automatically stupid. The sci-fi is pretty cartoonish, but it's also kind of quintessentially 70's/80's, you could get away with stuff like that back before people demanded 100% authenticity out of everything they watch.

The only thing that REALLY bugs me about this movie is Jaws and his girlfriend, that was pretty lame. But oh well. At least they didn't drive off for their honeymoon in an invisible car.

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[–] Darwinskid 9 years ago

It's a pretty silly movie from start to finish, but unlike some later Bond entries the cheese factor feels a little more honest at least and some of the intentionally funny parts are pretty effective. That said, no, I do not agree that this is one of the worst movies ever, but one of the worst Bond movies? Sure, I'll go that far, but THE worst? No, that title goes to Die Another Day.

[–] antanananarivo 9 years ago

I agree with others Quantum of Solace is the worst. Totally didn't understand what was going on in the action scenes, didn't care at all about the villain, just overall pretty boring. I understood why the car door fell off, but to this day I do not know why on Earth that boat that was chasing him just shot backwards all of a sudden. Something to do with Bond throwing an anchor off the boat. That's it.

I like Moonraker. DEFINITELY not the worst movie ever made. It drags a bit and is definitely silly, but I still like most of it. I like the scene in the spinning thing where he flashes back to the darts Q gave him, which is something most Bond movies don't do anything like. I also liked the scene of the dogs hunting that lady down, the ambulance scene, the ending gag, the opening song and of course the opening skydiving.

Oh and I actually like the Jaws romance, as dumb as it is.

[–] darkstorm97 9 years ago

Moonraker is in my lower echelon of Bond movies. It's better than Die Another Day, TWINE and QOS for me. I'd tie it right there with DAF and AVTAK somewhere around 20 or so out of what, 24 movies.

And the guy who was slagging on Dalton is out of line. His bonds weren't bad. Middle of the road, maybe. But not bad.

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[–] lilwith 9 years ago

Not the worst of all time. But pretty bad. Maybe tied for worst Bond film with another Roger Moore attempt.